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Sir John Whittingdale vs Chris Curtis

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir John Whittingdale
Sir John Whittingdale
Con Maldon
vs
Photograph of Chris Curtis
Chris Curtis
Lab Milton Keynes North

Voting alignment

Sir John Whittingdale and Chris Curtis voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 271 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 267 different votes 271 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 13 No
Benefits 12% aligned 17 shared votes
11 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 15 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 33 shared votes
13 Aye 20 No
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 33 No
Tax 0% aligned 66 shared votes
33 Aye 33 No
7 Aye 22 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
22 Aye 7 No
10 Aye 17 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
17 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 10 No
Housing 0% aligned 15 shared votes
10 Aye 5 No
4 Aye 10 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 14 shared votes
10 Aye 4 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

80.8 %
8 % above average
Rank 201 of 648
Participation
82.7 %
9 % above average
Rank 155 of 648
1,868
2,312 eligible divisions
Total votes
435
526 eligible divisions
884
47.3 % of votes cast
Aye votes
218
50.1 % of votes cast
984
52.7 % of votes cast
No votes
217
49.9 % of votes cast
12
0.6 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
34 years, 1 months
Since 9 Apr 1992
Commons service
1 years, 11 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

61
+0.6 vs Commons average
Rank 224 of 648
Appearances
23
-37.4 vs Commons average
Rank 544 of 648
77
-31.9 vs Commons average
Rank 315 of 648
Contributions
34
-74.9 vs Commons average
Rank 528 of 648

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£182,956
all imported IPSA years
£243,709
8 % above average
Latest expenses
£182,956
19 % below average
9
6 registered categories
Registered interests
13
4 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
22 of 22 votes
Migration
156 of 169 votes
#2
Energy
17 of 17 votes
Trade
80 of 88 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Devolution / Local Government
56 of 65 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
6 of 6 votes
Defence
49 of 59 votes
#5
Work / Employment
36 of 37 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026 3 Jun 2026
Aye
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 6 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 5 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Armed Forces Bill Committee: New Clause 2 2 Jun 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 21 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 98 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 41 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
No
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 37 21 Apr 2026
Devolution / Local Government
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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Voting source Commons Votes API